Meet Apple's Board of Directors

Today's announcement that Steve Jobs is stepping down as CEO caught a lot of people by surprise, even though Tim Cook has been the acting CEO for a while now, with Jobs on medical leave. If you're on Twitter and you haven't shut it off yet, you've probably noticed much shock and many earthquake jokes of varying degrees of lameness.

So who is this Apple board? It's currently made up of eight smart, wealthy people, and until today Andrea Jung and Arthur D. Levinson served as co-lead directors. Here's a rundown of all the board members.

William V. Campbell is also the Chairman of the Board of Intuit. He also founded Claris Corp. (acquired by Apple in 1990), and before that was an executive VP of Apple going back to 1983. He served as Intuit's CEO from 1994 to 1998, and in addition to holding bachelor's and master's degrees from Columbia University, he was also their head football coach. Campbell joined the Apple board in 1997.

Millard S. Drexler, who's also the Chairman of the Board and CEO at J. Crew Group. His background seems to be mostly in fashion, including work for Abraham & Straus, Ann Taylor, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and a stint as CEO of Gap, Inc. (Although his sense of style never seemed to rub off on still-rockin-the-mockneck Steve Jobs...) Drexler's been on the Apple board since 1999.

And...Steve Jobs. The Apple co-founder and until-today CEO was already serving on the board, and will continue to be involved in Apple. His eloquent resignation letter says, "I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role," and we honestly couldn't say it any better. New CEO Tim Cook will join the board effective immediately as well.

Apple's stock price took a hit today with the news, down 19 points in after-hours trading as we write this. But with these capable captains of industry at the helm, we doubt it'll stay down for long.